Swedish adjective

frånvarande

absent, preoccupied, absent

Meaning

absent; preoccupied, absent

In Swedish: inte närvarande, borta

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What does frånvarande mean?

frånvarande in a sentence

  • vara frånvarande från lektionen
    be absent from the lesson
  • ett frånvarande leende
    an absent smile

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What does frånvarande mean in English?

frånvarande means “absent, preoccupied, absent”.

Similar words

bortadisträtankspridd

Nearby common words

frånvarande is number 6,244 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary